Holder for disk records.



A. S. NICHOLS.

HOLDER FOB. DISK RECORDS, Arruouroi nun 1111.22, 1912.

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AARON s. NICHOLS, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 22, 1912. -Serial No. 672,572. I

. and withoutflanger of mutilation or injury or rubbing of their record surfaces.

The invention is fully set forth below, and will be readily understood from the accompanying necticn with the following description.

the drawing, Figure l is a front elevaof the invention. Fig. 2 a transvertical section. Fig. 3 is a partial,

case, preferably open at the front side and closed upon the other sides. In this case are a series of vertical partitions 6 which may he of the form and dimensions shown in Fig. 2. They divide the interior of the case into individual disk spaces, teach adapted to hold only. a single disk. The disks which are shown at 7 are supported upon the inclined surface of a block 8 at the back of the case from which they will roll of? automatically when released by the ing keys or holders 9, which are located .ong the front of the case and as shown are all preferably pivoted upon a rod 10 extending from end to end oi? the case. These keys or holders are all provided. with springs 11 encircling their axial shaft, and tending to maintain them in the position shown at Fig. 3, each of the holders serving to retain one or the disks when in acting position. 'lhey can, however, be depressed from the position of Fig. 3 to the dotted position the bottom of Fig. 2, and when so depressed, the disk confined by them will roll out in front where can he readily taken hold of by hand. The springs upon the keys return thentl to normal position after they have drawing .When considered in con-- .ransverse section, taken through one of thetheir disks. For thus depressing the holders, I place upon each of them a button 12, made large enough preferably to enable a numeral to be-placed upon it and to serve as a guide in finding the disk when wanted. These buttons are arranged alternately in ,difl'erent planes, one series above the other, so that no confusion is likely to occur inreleasing the disks. These keys or holders being thus numbered, enable the operator to take from the case any "disk desired by first ascertaining the number assigned to thatdisk.

Asa guard to prevent the pushing down of more than one key at a time, I sometimes place under the keys a cord extending from one end of'the case to the other, and pro vide such cord with a knot 18 at one end adapted to prevent its being drawn through the case, and provide the other end with an excess length, so thatsuch other end can be drawn into the case whenever any key is depressed, as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 2.

In my improved diskholder, one of the essential features consists in supporting the disks at points which are slightly to the rear of the centers of-gravity of the disks when the disks are within the case, so that when the inner end of the keys or retainers are depressed to a point below the supporting point for the disks, each disk will roll outwardly and forwardly, and during this oporationv the upper face of each key or retainer will serve to support the disk during a portion of its outward movement.

I have shown one form of my invention, but it will. be understood that the same is merely illustrative and that various changes and modifications may be made,and all such changes and as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim 1. A holder for record disks for talking machines, comprising a suitable case having vertical partitions dividing it into disk spaces, and means for supporting and retaining the disks in place, comprising a pinrality of spring cont-rolled keys independently operable and each adapted to engage a disk on its front -edge at a point above the lowest point on the periphery and retain it within the case against the force of gravity,

'i- :ressed in releasing.

one end of eachof said keys being depresslble to a position below-the lowestpoint on modifications are contemplated Patented May 14, 1912.

. the periphery of the disk, whereby the disk will roll outwardly from the case by gravity upon the key being depressed, and said key will automatically return when released to its original position after the disk has rolled out. 2. A holder for disks comprising, in combination, a suitable casehaving an open front and having also partitions dividing it into disk spaces, means located in the rear of the case and adapted tosupport the disks in position above the bottom ofthe case, a plurality of pivoted keys or retainers, one for each disk, and each adapted to engage a diskat' a point above the lowest portion of the disk and in front ofthe point where the diskis engaged b the disk-supporting means and retain it in t e position within the case, said keys being independently movable and each provided with a spring for normally throwing its inner end upwardly and means for limiting the upward movement of the innernds of the keys, the inner endof each key being adapted to be depressed to release a disk whereby the latter will roll outwardly from its support by gravity.

3. A holder for disks comprising, in combination, a suitable case having an open front and having also partitions dividing it into-disk spaces, means located in the rear of the case and adapted to support the disks in position above the-bottom of the case, a

plurality of pivoted keys or retainers, one for each disk, and each adapted to engage a disk at a point above the lowest portion of the disk and in front of the point where the disk is engaged by the disk supporting means and retain it in the position within the case, said keys being independently movinto disk spaces, means located in the rear of the case and adapted to support the disks in position above the bottom of the case, a plurality of pivotedkeys or retainers, one

for each disk, and each adapted to engage a disk at a point above the lowest portionof the disk and in front of the point Where the disk is engaged by the disk supporting means and retain it in the position within the case, said keys being independently movable and each provided with a spring for normally throwing its inner end upwardly and means for limiting the upward movement of the inner endsof the keys, the inner end of each key being adapted to'be depressed to release a disk whereby the latter will roll outwardly from its support by gravity, each of said keys comprising a U- a,

shaped metal member, and when depressed serving as a support for the disk as the same rolls outwardly.

5. A holder for disks comprising, in combination, a suitable case having an open front and having also partitions dividing it into disk spaces, means'located in, the rear of the case and adapted to support the disks in position above the bottom of the case, a plurality of pivoted keys or retainers, one for each disk, and each adapted to engage a disk at a 'point above the lowest portion of the disk and in front of the point where the disk -is engaged by the disk supporting means and retain it in the position within the case, said keys being independently movable and each provided with a spring for normally throwing its inner end upwardly and means for limiting the upward movement of the inner ends of the keys, the inner end of each key being adapted to be depressed to release a disk whereby the latter will roll outwardly from its support by gravity, and.a flexible melnber extending 'across the case and adapted to be engaged by each of the keys when moved from its normal position, said flexible member having an excess length suflicient to allow the operation of one key'at a time.

AARON S. NICHOLS. l/Vitnesses lmmcxon L. ELLE, C, A. IIOFFMAN- 

